Couple rescue man from Wisconsin River

7:26 PM,
May 2, 2014

Ron Flood, 74, and Marilyn Flood, 55, pull the boat of the man they rescued from the Wisconsin River onto their dock Friday. The man was taken to the hospital after falling into the water when his boat tipped over.

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B.C. Kowalski
Stevens Point Journal Media

A couple living along the Wisconsin River west of Stevens Point rescued a man they discovered hanging on the side of his boat Friday.

Marilyn Flood, 55, and her husband, Ron Flood, 74, pulled Lawrence Meixner, 62, of Stevens Point from the Wisconsin River along Bayshore Drive between Stevens Point and Junction City after his boat tipped over shortly after 10 a.m. Friday.

Marilyn Flood said she saw what appeared to be an empty aluminum fishing boat floating down the river. After looking at the boat through a pair of binoculars, she realized Meixner was hanging onto its side and called out to him. ...